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| (From top) Readers have appreciated coverage of the cricket World Cup by The Telegraph, Jauna Murmu and Sam Pitroda. Telegraph pictures and PTI |
Sir — Your coverage of the World Cup has been simply awesome. It has not only been the most comprehensive but also the most incisive. The interviews of the past and present greats of the game made for a good read. Though sports has always been your newspaper’s strong point, this was just so special!
What added to the beauty of the coverage was the excellent selection of photographs with each picture speaking a thousand words. The Telegraph definitely deserves praise for bringing the cup home.
Readers like me hope you carry on with the good work. I found it equally heartening that while keeping the focus firmly on the World Cup, you did not sacrifice coverage of other important sporting events including football and tennis. Kudos!
Aparti Mallick,
Sir — I would like to share my views with regards to the news piece “Rajya Sabha aye for Odisha Bill” published in your daily on March 25.
In my opinion, this longstanding struggle to change the state's spelling from “Orissa” to “Odisha” and the language “Oriya” to “Odia” is absolutely ridiculous. This will lead to heavy expenditure on the part of the government while changing the spelling of the state in relevant documents to every other signboard. Even phonetically, the use of “sh” in “Odisha” does not seem proper. More importantly, will an alternative spelling change the fate of the state which has, so far, been rotting in poverty and impoverishment?
Jayadev Das,
Tulsipur, Cuttack
Sir — I came across few mistakes in a couple of news items that were published in The Telegraph recently. In the news article “Turf War over Barabati” published on March 15, it had been erroneously mentioned that Ashirbad Behera, secretary of the Orissa Cricket Association, is also a “former member of Orissa Legislative Assembly”. Similarly, in another feature, the name of eminent Oriya litterateur Santanu Kumar Acharya had been wrongly mentioned as Santanu Mohapatra, the latter being an eminent musician. It is expected that due care will be taken to avoid such errors in future.
Tusarkanta,
Shastri Nagar, Bhubaneswar
Sir — It was shocking to find that over 6,000 students appearing for the annual matriculation examinations were caught cheating, besides a large number of teachers and centre superintendents who were booked for encouraging malpractice.
In one case, more than 100 students, who had illegally registered for the exams, did not turn up at a particular centre fearing a crackdown by the special squads. However, towards the last few days of exams, the number of such cases plummeted which shows the effectiveness of the squads pressed into service by the Board of Secondary Education.
It was thus evident that the squads instilled a sense of fear among the students. There is a great need to trace the loopholes in our system of education and the reasons behind students resorting to such unfair means.
Sarmistha Pradhan,
Bomikhal, Bhubaneswar
Sir — Some of your guest columns have been truly interesting. Some of the writers have managed to provide readers like me a perspective on the state and the capital city of Bhubaneswar.
It’s good that you have chosen people from all walks of life to write for this column. This adds variety which is so important for any good newspaper.
However, I would like to point out that though some worthies from the field of cinema and the world of painting have written for the guest column, the readers would expect more of them to write.
This is particularly so because Orissa happens to be the land of art and culture. Its cinema and art apart from sculpture and pattachitra have attracted international attention.
Hope you pay attention to this.
Sagaraika Kanungo, Unit VIII, Bhubaneswar
Sir — This is regarding the report ‘Medallist in red tape maze’ published in your esteemed daily on March 18, 2011.
Sir, it is indeed sad to know that the rightful claim of a gold medallist at an event as big as the Commonwealth Games has been ignored by authorities. Jauna Murmu is a known face in the sports circuit of the state and hats off to her for achieving so much despite coming from a backward tribal zone.
While the government keeps saying that development of tribal areas and tribal talents is needed for the state’s holistic development, it is ironical that Jauna has neither been felicitated nor been acknowledged for her feat. Hopefully, the deserving athlete will receive her due very soon.
Rajendra Kumar Sahu,
Kharavela Nagar, Bhubaneswar
Sir — I would like to appreciate the efforts of your esteemed newspaper for having begun a regular column ‘Civic Watch’ that takes up civic issues of Cuttack.
This was a subject that needed coverage since long. I am particularly happy since the article ‘Buxi Bazar roads cry for space’ (published on March 5, 2011) portrayed the difficulties residents face everyday due to the construction materials heaped on roadsides.
I would also like to add that sometimes the traffic cones introduced by traffic authorities as road divider also create problems for commuting.
We look forward to better solutions from the traffic department for a city like Cuttack, where conventional solutions may not work.
Sohail Khan,
Buxi Bazar, Cuttack
Sir — Chairman of National Innovation Council Sam Pitroda has rightly pointed out that despite being known world over as the leader of the information and technology, India has hardly made use of it and there is a dearth of qualified persons.
Despite investing 70 to 80 billion dollars in education we are no where near our target.
But it is heartening to know that the experts are now thinking about setting up a national innovation portal to build a platform for all stakeholders for exchange of ideas, network and accessing information on innovation.
Jasaswini Mohapatra
Ganganagar, Bhubaneswar
